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VOL. 14. Ni
OIS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1885
noiv NASBY REFORMED
5 o'clock Edition
;:i tf 1'1 -
WASHINGTON.
A THIRTY YEARS'] DRINKER
FORCE OF WILL.
What Totif Abstinence Has Done for the
Noted HmnorUt of The Toledo:Blade
—"Ruin a Disease and Not
• Vice." ;
[Detroit Free Press.!
Nasby litis refornied. * There is no longer
the shadowiest doubt about it. He was in
Detroit the other day, and was met. by a
former, fellow-drunkard, who expressed
amazement at the revolution that abstinence
has' wrought in the renowned humorist.
"I know it is almost incredible," said
Nasby, "but it is a' fact that I have not
tasted alcohol in any form for eighteen
months. I'm.completely reformed," "j|'
"Obviously," was the reply.
"Oh I Ah I Of course. You refer to—to—
well, to this nose 1" j , j
^Precisely. . • But I don't want to seem to
be offensively personal."
"Don't apologize. I can afford to talk
about it, because I'm ahead,"
■ "Well, then, how did you bleach itl"
*By letting, whisky alone. When I was in
London some time ago I met an American
physician there who said to ;ine one day:
'Locke, I can bleach that nose of yours in
three days. Been experimenting with cer-
tain chemicals for twenty years. No hum-
bug; honor bright I can do the work.
Haven't made my discover^ public yet, bat
I'll give you a practical demonstration of its
efficacy.' I
"With that he came at me with a bottle olf
something or other and a camel's hairbrush,
and proceeded to paint ihe red out I
wouldn't submit to his manipulations, but
inasmuch as he is an eminent authority on
diseases of the skin, I have no doubt that be
can . really- restore a rummy nose as he
claims. Name is Sherman, and I suppose he
is still in London. . I .. j
"How did I happen to stop drinking! Busi-
ness) About the time I stopped my busi-
ness manager came tome one day and told
me that 20 per cent of the subscriptions of
my weekly paper were to expire in a week,
and that it was neccasary for me to jump
into the breach and prevent a permanent
dropping out t appreciated the seriousness
of the situation, and swore that I would go
to work in earne.sk He said he must have
two or three serial stories, and the best
Nasby letters that I could write, besides a
lot of other plunder. <.
"I had been a hard drinker for thirty
years, and had lost my pcjwers of intellect*
ual and physical recuperation.
"Up to about 40 years of age I had been
able to go to bed religiously drunk every
night and attend to business with reasbna-
ble industryi every day. j When the crisis
came of which I speak I! wae swallowing
more than forty drinks—1 estimate the quan-
tity in gross at two gallons—of raw whisky
every twenty-four hours, j
bI couldn't work. Application was out of
the question. 11 would lie in bed until 11
o'clock in the morning, and on awakening
used to contemplate my bloots half an hour
at a- time with not enough energy to pull
them on. Habitually drank five or sit
whiskies before breakfast and then at break-
fast would take another nip, with a couple
of soft boiled eggs—no appetite or ambitions
When I tried to write I couldn't make it go-
brain sluggish, body enfeebled, and final de-
struction near at hand.
"Well, sir, I swore to getoutthe Work that
was demanded of me, but I'd keep putting it
off, nevertheless, helpless and-^no, not hope-
less. The last day came around and still 1
had not produced a line. jThen I fully real-
ized what a miserable victim 1 was. One
morning while I lay in bed, staring as usual
at my boots, I suddenly, resolved that I
would never"drink another drop of alcohoL
I dressed, went down to tjie office, told the
business manager that I was ashamed of the
manner in which I had failed to respond to
his necessities and added! .that he probably
would not see me in the • ilice again for
three days. Didn't say a word to him about
my resolution on the whisky question.
. "All that day 1 smoked incessantly, spend-
ing most of the time on the docks walking
bareheaded with my face against the
breeze. The weather was; warm, and I was
full of fever; but I held oiit and at 11 o'clock
went to bed. Next morning to iny great
surprise I was able to eat a i small piece of
porter-house steak—hadn't touched it at
breakfast before in twenty! years. That w as
a hopeful incident' At noon I ate a fair
lunch. This was better. At Dight I stowed
away a well man's dinner. That was best
of all; for when a drunken man can ea t you
may conclude that he is not lost In three
days coffee began to taste good and solid
food had a flavor I that was delicious. My
recovery was quick."
"Did your craving for liquor continue for
soma timel" i 1 j
"I think not It was a moral as well as
a physical overturning in :my case That is,
the better condition to which I had come so
soon was a cause of more pleasure and ex-
hilaration to me than any quantity of alco-
hol could make possible. I simply couldn't
ned to close
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VOL. 14. Ni
OIS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1885
noiv NASBY REFORMED
5 o'clock Edition
;:i tf 1'1 -
WASHINGTON.
A THIRTY YEARS'] DRINKER
FORCE OF WILL.
What Totif Abstinence Has Done for the
Noted HmnorUt of The Toledo:Blade
—"Ruin a Disease and Not
• Vice." ;
[Detroit Free Press.!
Nasby litis refornied. * There is no longer
the shadowiest doubt about it. He was in
Detroit the other day, and was met. by a
former, fellow-drunkard, who expressed
amazement at the revolution that abstinence
has' wrought in the renowned humorist.
"I know it is almost incredible," said
Nasby, "but it is a' fact that I have not
tasted alcohol in any form for eighteen
months. I'm.completely reformed," "j|'
"Obviously," was the reply.
"Oh I Ah I Of course. You refer to—to—
well, to this nose 1" j , j
^Precisely. . • But I don't want to seem to
be offensively personal."
"Don't apologize. I can afford to talk
about it, because I'm ahead,"
■ "Well, then, how did you bleach itl"
*By letting, whisky alone. When I was in
London some time ago I met an American
physician there who said to ;ine one day:
'Locke, I can bleach that nose of yours in
three days. Been experimenting with cer-
tain chemicals for twenty years. No hum-
bug; honor bright I can do the work.
Haven't made my discover^ public yet, bat
I'll give you a practical demonstration of its
efficacy.' I
"With that he came at me with a bottle olf
something or other and a camel's hairbrush,
and proceeded to paint ihe red out I
wouldn't submit to his manipulations, but
inasmuch as he is an eminent authority on
diseases of the skin, I have no doubt that be
can . really- restore a rummy nose as he
claims. Name is Sherman, and I suppose he
is still in London. . I .. j
"How did I happen to stop drinking! Busi-
ness) About the time I stopped my busi-
ness manager came tome one day and told
me that 20 per cent of the subscriptions of
my weekly paper were to expire in a week,
and that it was neccasary for me to jump
into the breach and prevent a permanent
dropping out t appreciated the seriousness
of the situation, and swore that I would go
to work in earne.sk He said he must have
two or three serial stories, and the best
Nasby letters that I could write, besides a
lot of other plunder. 1' | f.
! . {:- rife S. 35$ j^V jgfcjJftl.'
II iff
THEY MUST G'
I'll
LADIES' CLOAE
■of Cloaki
<3^ house.
We ar| Sole A stents
in %in for the
wp-knowpi
(ELfBST
I • line df Stoves and
|S||!gj Ranges made by
iilif ratIbone, !
i^p i lSARDl&Co.
IPr Jhcr best lihe of
& goods; on earth in
M everyfrespect.!
nf Call and see them
^ before purchasing:.
OODS A SPECIALTY.
t fflTOHELL. j:
>r Street.
plete line of Hats|'Caj>8%nd Gents' Fnrir
Goods in Ka$e ciOuhty. j ' f
Discount from ftlfis Date on i
skins and Ladies' Furs, |
Special
Call Early. ^ ■ 1-:
SB Oiiioago I
Our stock of Groceries, Crocierj
•if Complete thai!
if : • p ■
1 We will endeavor six days injthf
quality of goods. Drop in whe|h